Of course the latter were also 17k ton cruisers and weren't ready before the end of the war. The Oregon City class were even better, and the DesMoines had fully automatic loading for their main battery. With respect to cruisers, the Baltimore class had much thicker armor than the German CAs, so could penetrate turrets at much greater range. If Iowa fails to achieve a decisive result at 30-35kyds it just sails away.
If you are talking about the Iowa as she was in 1945 vs Bismarck still afloat by then, (or Tirpitz), then Iowa has a big advantage because of much more powerful guns and the ability to realistically hit Bismarck at 35kyds and continue to determine the range because of superior speed.Ī gunnery officer from one of the new BBs once stated that her gunnery radar was so good that any officer with a modicum of training could draw a picture of the target with a dot where every shell landed after every salvo.Īt ranges over 25kyds it's very hard to adjust fire visually for range, even with excellent visibility.
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